- Date
- August 2, 1980
- Place
- Matoaca, VA · MATOACA, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N26KBSonerai M-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800802032329A
- Case key
- 129122
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2415 80/8/2 MATOACA,VA SONERAI M-1 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 57, 427 TIME - 1425 N26KB PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAZZA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MATOACA,VA PALMYRA,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SHUT-OFF VLV FND IN PARTIALLY OPEN PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26KB
- Reported as
- Sonerai M-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mazza
N26KBRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2009 · Bailey SONERAI M-1Airframe modelBailey SONERAI M-1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.